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Common names: Noline scorpionfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type localities: 27 miles SE of Bagatao I. Light, between Burias and Luzon, 385 m, USNM 98903 (holotype of Phenacoscorpius megalops, 8.11 cm SL); 8.7 miles, SW of Pt. Tagolo Light, northern Mindanao, 366 m, USNM 98896, (holotype of Scorpaenopsis stigma, 5.36 cm SL) (Ref. 80762).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N. and J.E. Randall, 1975
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
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Common names from other countries

大眼鲉, 石狗公, 伪大眼鲉, ... more

Main reference

Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan. 1989. (Ref. 5755)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 13.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 28618); common length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10482)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 68 - 622 m (Ref. 10482)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?; 40°N - 4°S, 107°E - 150°W (Ref. 92340)

Distribution

Pacific: Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, and Hawaii; northernmost record Emperor Seamounts. Apparently restricted to the North Pacific (temperate to tropical) and reports from New Zealand and New Caledonia are based on misidentifications.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. Lachrymal bone consisting of 2 spines over maxillary, first as a broad lobe, second as a broad spine pointing down; well marked suborbital ridge with 5 or 6 or more spines; second preopercle spine small or absent (Ref. 10482). Distinguished from other Hawaiian scorpionfishes by having only the anterior 4 or 5 tubed lateral line scales present, with the remainder of the lateral line absent; and presence of large melanophores on the caudal peduncle (Ref. 10482).

Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5755). Female specimens (4.70-5.59 cm SL) taken from the Emperor Seamounts have mature gonads filled with relatively large eggs of several developmental stages with the most developed eggs are ca. 0.4 mm in diameter (Ref. 92340).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.0 ±0.66 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Phenacoscorpius megalops Fowler, 1938